Cigar-bunch-rolling machine.



No. 670,574. Patented Mar. '26, mm. s. WULKAN, s. HABTMAN & w. H.WIGMURE.

CIGAR BUNCH ROLLING MACHINE.

(Application filed Dec. 15, 1899. Renewed F eb. 5, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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MD TATES AIEEN'I SF SOLOMON WULKAN, SIMON HARTMAN, AND WILLIAM H.WIGMORE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ClGAR-BUNCH-ROLLING MACHINE;

SPECJIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,574, dated Marsh26, 90i.

Application filed December 15, 1899. Renewed February 5, 1901. SerialNo. 46,152. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, SOLOMON WULKAN, SIMON HARTMAN, and WILLIAMH.WIGMORE, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city andcounty of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Oigar-Bunch-Rolling Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in machines for forming the bunchof filler which constitutes the interior of a cigar; and the object ofour invention is to furnish a machine for this purpose which will bemore simple andless expensive than machines heretofore in use, which maybe attached to any table-top, which may be adjusted so as to vary thethickness of the filler, and which may be used to make eithercylindrical or tapered bunches.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which similar characters of reference indicate similar partsthroughout the several views, Figure 1- is a plan of ourcigar-bunch-forming machine at tached to the top of theordinarycigar-maker?s table; Fig. 2, an enlarged section of Fig. 1 on line A B;Fig. 3, an enlarged section of Fig. 1 on line 0 D; Fig. 4, a view of thefar end of Fig. 3, showing the bunch just leav: ing the rolling-apronand being received by the retaining-spring; Fig. 5, a front elevation ofFig. 1; Fig. 6, a perspective view of the bunching-roller and itsconnected parts; Fig. 7, a perspective view of the rolling-board andtrack carried thereby; Fig. 8, a perspective view of the bunch-retainingspring and carrying-plate Fig. 9, a perspective View, partly insection,of the carrying-plate and screw for adjusting the rolling-board;Fig. 10, a perspective view of the bottom of the rolling-board, showingpins for attaching it to the table.

a is a table-top; b c d, studs passing through the table-top andvertically adjustably secured thereto by nuts e.

f is an arm pivoted at one end to stud b and furnished at the other endwith an operating-handle g.

h is a segmental guide carried by studs 0 d; i, a traveler looselycarried by arm f and guide h.

j is a cylindrical roller on arm f, adapted to roll on a segmentalguide-track 70, carried by rolling-board 0%.

Z is a tapered bunching-roller carried by arm f.

m is the rolling-table,.the face of which is preferably furnished with ayielding pad 11., preferably of rubber, which gives under the pressureof roller Z and assists in the tight formation of the bunch.

0 is the rolling-apron, one end of which is fast to the forward end ofrolling-board m and the other end of which is fast to the rear end ofthis board.

1' is a depression in board m for the reception of the slack of theapron and the tobacco from which the bunch is to be formed preparatoryto rolling the latter.

The apron 0 and the roller Z being in the positions shown in Figs. 2 and3, the tobacco to be formed into the bunch is placed in the bight of theapron and the handle g is grasped and pushed forward, the bunchbeingformed in the apron in the usual manner and being discharged at theforward end of the rollingboard and engaged by spring 5, as shown inFig. I.

The studs b c d can be raised or lowered, so as to lift the smaller orinner end of the roller Z away from or to bring it into contact with therolling-board m in order to' adjust the diameter of the bunch. By havingthe smaller end of the roller in contact with the rolling-board atapering bunch is formed.

The rolling-board and apron are segmental in form, their sides beingarcs of circles struck from the stud b as a center.

25 is a plate secured to board m by screws to and furnished with a lip'v. The forward end of apron 0 passes down between plate t and theboard, and the former secures it to the latter, the lip 11 pressing ittightly against the end of the board. The rear end of the apron issimilarly secured by the plate to, furnished with a lip 00. I l

The rolling-board is secured to the tabletop by means of pins 1, whichare fast to the board and which pass through holes bored in the table toreceive them. 2 are screws carried by threaded bushings 3, Fig. 9, whichare carried by the table-top, the points of which are adapted to engagethe under side of the rolling-board 1%. By means of these screws one,both, or either side of the board may be raised for purposes ofadjustment.

Our device may be attached to any table. All of its Working parts are ontop of the table and in View at all times. The table-top is without cutsor openings through which tobacco can fall.

The device is light, strong, efficient, and inexpensive and can bepacked in a very small space for shipment.

Having thus described our invention, We claim-- In a cigar-bunchingmachine, in combination, a segmental rolling-board, an apron, a

and said rolling-board may be adjusted vertically.

SOLOMON WULKAN. SIMON HARTMAN. WILLIAM H. WIGMORE. Witnesses:

WALTER E. CONRAD, ROBERT OSBORNE, Jr.

